Dan Sockalexis  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Sockalexis can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Sockalexis is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Sockalexis has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Sockalexis as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 ROM 82 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 46 62 0 50 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 342
2004 SEA 82 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 46 62 0 50 0 0 28 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 339
2005 SEA 82 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 46 62 0 50 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 59 339
2006 SEA 82 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 46 62 0 50 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 59 339
2007 FA 82 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 47 62 0 50 0 0 30 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 339
2008 LON 81 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 47 62 0 50 0 0 31 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 337
2009 LON 81 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 47 62 0 50 0 0 32 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 336
2010 LON 81 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 48 62 0 50 0 0 33 10 Overhand DL 0 0 0 59 335
2011 LON 80 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 48 62 0 50 0 0 34 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 333
2012 LON 77 82 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 48 62 0 50 0 0 35 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 328
2013 FA 78 80 70 60 48 49 52 49 51 62 48 62 0 50 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 326
Ratings Delta   +1 -2                             +1 +1             -2
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.